Article - Dancing through distress: How classical dance becomes a language of healing - Bipasa Sen

There is a point in every dancer's journey, when the stage is no longer just a place to perform - it becomes a place of letting go, of silent healing. Indian classical dance has been, for a long time, more than just an art form - it has been a holy communication between body, mind, and feeling. In times of emotional distress, this communication becomes a deeply moving, non-verbal language of strength.

The body as an emotional landscape

Dancing is basically to live the body thoroughly - to allow it to say what you cannot put in words. In Indian classical arts like Bharatanatyam, the body is not considered different from the mind but rather its most fluent partner. Every movement, beat, and look conveys the depth of feeling that is both experienced and expressed. 

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